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title: "6 Mother Writer Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/my-writing-model-is-my-mother-who-is-a-writer-as-well-she-always/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/i-had-a-mixture-my-father-was-a-career-army-man-and-my-mother-was-a/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/bill-griffith-17495_army_i-had-a-mixture-my-father-was-a-career-a_970478.jpg)

> [“I want to be known as a good wife, mother and writer; but most of all, I desire to be known as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alisa-hope-wagner/i-want-to-be-known-as-a-good-wife-mother-and-writer-but-most-of-all-i/)

[Alisa Hope Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alisa-hope-wagner/)

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> [My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sebastian/my-father-was-a-classical-musician-and-my-mother-was-a-writer/)

[John Sebastian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sebastian/)

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> [I have two sisters that are directors: one's in documentary, one's in film. My mother was a writer and a painter, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fiennes/i-have-two-sisters-that-are-directors-one-s-in-documentary-one-s-in/)

[Joseph Fiennes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-fiennes/)

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> [My mother was a writer. She acted in one film before she decided that Bollywood wasn't good enough for her. My two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anand-mahindra/my-mother-was-a-writer-she-acted-in-one-film-before-she-decided-that/)

[Anand Mahindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anand-mahindra/)

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